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Centre Releases Over ₹342 Crores XV Finance Commission Grants for Rural Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu & Assam

  The Union Government has released XV FC grants for Rural Local Bodies during FY 2025–26,  disbursing the 1st installment of untied grants amounting to Rs.127.586 crores for Tamil Nadu of the financial year 2025-26  (covering 2901 eligible Gram Panchayats, 74 eligible Block Panchayats, and 9 eligible District Panchayats)  and Rs.214.542 crores for Assam of the financial year 2024-25  (covering all 2192 eligible Gram Panchayats, 156 eligible Block Panchayats, and all 27 eligible Zilla Parishads). Government of India through Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation) recommends release of XV-FC grants to States for Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) / Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), which are then released by Ministry of Finance. The allocated grants are recommended and released in 2 installments in a financial year. While the  Untied Grants  will be utilized by RLBs/ PRIs for location-specific felt ne...

Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov & 3I/ATLAS

Oumuamua   ‘Oumuamua  is t he first confirmed object from another star to visit our solar system. This interstellar interloper appears to be a rocky, cigar-shaped object with a somewhat reddish hue. The object was named ‘Oumuamua by its discoverers. It means "a messenger from afar arriving first "   in Hawaiian. 'Oumuamua  is up to one-quarter mile (400 meters) long and highly-elongated –   perhaps 10 times as long as it is wide. That aspect ratio is greater than that of any asteroid or comet observed in our solar system to date. While its elongated shape is quite surprising, and unlike objects seen in our solar system, it may provide new clues into how other solar systems formed. The first known interstellar object to visit our solar system, 1I/2017 U1 ‘Oumuamua, was discovered Oct. 19, 2017 by the University of Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS1 telescope, funded by NASA’s  Near-Earth Object Observations  (NEOO) Program, which finds and tracks asteroids and comets...

Nano Banana by Google

Nano Banana  (officially Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) is an  artificial intelligence image generating and editing  tool created by  Google . "Nano Banana" was the codename used on  LMArena  while the model was undergoing pre-release testing, allowing the community to evaluate its performance on real-world prompts without knowing its identity. When the company publicly released it in August 2025, it was part of their  Gemini  line of AI products. The model became known for its editing skills and for starting a social media trend of styled " 3D figurine " photos. Wikipedia

Fusion Breakthrough as on 16 September 2025

  Nuclear fusion is the process by which two light atomic nuclei combine to form a single heavier one while releasing massive amounts of energy. Fusion reactions take place in a state of matter called plasma — a hot, charged gas made of positive ions and free-moving electrons with unique properties distinct from solids, liquids or gases. The sun, along with all other stars, is powered by this reaction. To fuse in our sun, nuclei need to collide with each other at extremely high temperatures, around ten million degrees Celsius. The high temperature provides them with enough energy to overcome their mutual electrical repulsion. Once the nuclei come within a very close range of each other, the attractive nuclear force between them will outweigh the electrical repulsion and allow them to fuse. For this to happen, the nuclei must be confined within a small space to increase the chances of collision. In the sun, the extreme pressure produced by its immense gravity creates the conditions ...

The Indian Navy receives indigenously built anti-submarine warfare ship ‘ Androth ’

  ‘Androth’, second of the eight ASW SWCs (Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft), being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, was delivered to the Indian Navy on 13 Sep 2025 at GRSE, Kolkata marking yet another step towards self-reliance in defence manufacturing. The ASW SWC ships have been indigenously designed and constructed as per the Classification Rules of Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) at GRSE, Kolkata and strengthens Navy’s Anti-submarine, coastal surveillance and mine laying capabilities. The name ‘Androth’ holds strategic and symbolic significance, derived from the Androth Island in the Lakshadweep archipelago, underscoring India’s commitment to safeguarding its vast maritime territories.  These ships at approx 77 m length, are the largest Indian Naval warships propelled by a Diesel Engine-Waterjet combination and are equipped with state of the art lightweight t...